Festival-goers at this year’s Glastonbury will be able to listen to loud music after the noise curfew thanks to a “silent disco” idea.

Music will be pumped into participants headphones, instead of speakers reports BBC online.

Festival organiser Michael Eavis’ daughter Emily came up with the idea.

Mr Eavis said: “By using headphones the music in the venue can go on well into the night.

“We have been toying with this idea for years, trying to think of ways to combat the noise limits.

“Now Emily has finally got something together so the party can go on later into the evening without infringing the noise curfew. It’s a first for us, and I will be interested to see how it works.”

People will be given a free set of headphones complete with bass, volume and treble controls, meaning they can have the music as loud as they like.

The system has been developed by a Dutch firm, which pioneered the “silent disco” at illegal parties as part of a travelling festival in the Netherlands.